72210 TBW Tampa Bay Area Observations at 18Z 13 Aug 2004

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   PRES   HGHT   TEMP   DWPT   RELH   MIXR   DRCT   SKNT   THTA   THTE   THTV
    hPa     m      C      C      %    g/kg    deg   knot     K      K      K 
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 1013.0     13   25.2   23.1     88  17.93      0      0  297.2  349.3  300.4
 1000.0    123   25.0   20.6     77  15.53     90      5  298.1  343.4  300.9
  979.4    305   24.0   19.7     77  15.00     95     14  299.0  342.9  301.6
  945.9    610   22.4   18.2     77  14.14    120     18  300.3  342.0  302.9
  925.0    805   21.4   17.3     77  13.62    130     22  301.2  341.4  303.6
  913.5    914   21.1   16.8     76  13.37    135     25  302.0  341.7  304.4
  901.0   1033   20.8   16.3     75  13.11    139     27  302.8  341.9  305.2
  881.8   1219   19.5   14.5     73  11.90    145     30  303.4  339.0  305.6
  851.1   1524   17.5   11.5     68  10.11    145     33  304.3  334.8  306.2
  850.0   1535   17.4   11.4     68  10.05    145     33  304.4  334.7  306.2
  821.1   1829   15.6    9.6     67   9.24    150     35  305.5  333.6  307.2
  792.1   2134   13.8    7.8     67   8.45    155     36  306.7  332.6  308.3
  786.0   2200   13.4    7.4     67   8.28    156     36  307.0  332.4  308.5
  763.9   2438   11.9    7.0     72   8.30    160     35  307.9  333.4  309.4
  736.5   2743   10.0    6.5     79   8.31    160     29  309.0  334.7  310.6
  700.0   3167    7.4    5.8     90   8.33    155     29  310.6  336.6  312.2
  664.0   3602    4.8    4.8    100   8.19    155     26  312.4  338.1  314.0
  659.4   3658    4.5    4.5    100   8.06    155     26  312.8  338.1  314.3
  611.2   4267    1.8    1.1     95   6.82    140     25  316.5  338.3  317.8
  588.4   4572    0.4   -0.6     93   6.26    135     22  318.3  338.6  319.5
  566.5   4877   -1.0   -2.3     91   5.73    135     21  320.2  338.9  321.3
  505.6   5791   -5.1   -7.4     84   4.36    140     13  325.7  340.5  326.6
  500.0   5880   -5.5   -7.9     83   4.24    140     13  326.3  340.7  327.1
  486.2   6096   -6.8   -8.9     85   4.05    145     14  327.3  341.1  328.1
  448.0   6730  -10.5  -11.7     91   3.51    151     15  330.4  342.6  331.1
  426.0   7114  -12.9  -16.5     74   2.49    155     15  332.1  341.0  332.6
  400.0   7590  -15.5  -18.0     81   2.33    160     16  334.8  343.2  335.2
  398.4   7620  -15.7  -18.2     81   2.30    160     16  334.9  343.2  335.4
  357.0   8443  -20.7  -24.7     70   1.45    169     20  338.8  344.3  339.1
  352.6   8534  -21.4  -25.4     70   1.39    170     21  339.2  344.4  339.5
  324.2   9144  -25.7  -29.9     68   1.00    170     25  341.4  345.3  341.6
  300.0   9710  -29.7  -34.0     66   0.72    175     25  343.4  346.3  343.6
  261.4  10668  -37.2  -42.1     61   0.36    180     26  346.1  347.6  346.2
  250.0  10980  -39.7  -44.7     59   0.29    180     31  346.9  348.1  347.0
  200.0  12460  -52.9  -58.9     48   0.07    190     40  348.8  349.1  348.9
  198.8  12497  -53.2  -59.2     48   0.07    185     41  348.9  349.2  348.9
  150.0  14250  -69.1  -74.1     48   0.01    215     33  350.9  350.9  350.9
  133.4  14935  -72.0  -77.4     44   0.01    225     27  357.5  357.6  357.5
  126.7  15240  -73.4  -78.9     43   0.01    210     25  360.5  360.6  360.5
  114.2  15850  -76.0  -81.9     39   0.00    190     27  366.5  366.6  366.5
  111.0  16014  -76.7  -82.7     38   0.00    185     25  368.1  368.2  368.1
  102.8  16459  -73.8  -79.8     40   0.01    190     18  381.9  382.0  381.9
  100.0  16620  -72.7  -78.7     40   0.01    195     12  387.0  387.1  387.0
   97.6  16764  -72.5  -78.8     38   0.01    195     11  390.1  390.1  390.1
   85.8  17520  -71.5  -79.5     30   0.01    151     12  406.7  406.8  406.7
   73.1  18484  -62.9  -75.9     16   0.02     96     14  443.9  444.1  443.9
   71.8  18593  -63.1  -76.2     16   0.02     90     14  445.7  445.8  445.7
   70.0  18750  -63.5  -76.5     16   0.02     95     21  448.2  448.3  448.2
   60.8  19614  -64.3  -79.3     11   0.01    115     25  464.8  464.9  464.8
   58.9  19812  -63.8  -79.3     10   0.01    120     26  470.1  470.2  470.1
   50.0  20820  -61.5  -79.5      7   0.01    110     23  498.1  498.2  498.1
   46.0  21336  -61.3  -79.3      8   0.02    105     26  510.5  510.6  510.5
   45.0  21474  -61.3  -79.3      8   0.02    104     27  513.8  514.0  513.8
   39.8  22250  -57.4  -76.9      7   0.03    100     32  542.2  542.4  542.2
   38.5  22455  -56.3  -76.3      6   0.03     96     32  549.9  550.2  550.0
   31.3  23774  -56.6  -76.6      6   0.04     70     32  582.6  583.0  582.7
   30.0  24040  -56.7  -76.7      6   0.04     70     34  589.5  589.8  589.5
   27.0  24709  -56.1  -76.1      6   0.05     78     34  609.2  609.6  609.2
   24.2  25415  -49.3  -72.3      5   0.09     87     35  648.2  649.0  648.3
   20.5  26518  -47.7  -71.6      5   0.12    100     35  684.8  686.0  684.9
   20.0  26670  -47.5  -71.5      5   0.12     95     33  690.0  691.2  690.1
   17.8  27432  -48.9  -72.4      5   0.12     85     35  708.8  710.0  708.9
   16.2  28042  -50.0  -73.1      5   0.12     80     40  724.2  725.4  724.2
   15.9  28176  -50.3  -73.3      5   0.12     81     41  727.6  728.8  727.7
   13.5  29261  -45.6  -70.1      5   0.22     85     45  778.4  780.8  778.5
   12.6  29716  -43.7  -68.7      5   0.29                800.6  803.9  800.8

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: TBW
                             Station number: 72210
                           Observation time: 040813/1800
                           Station latitude: 27.70
                          Station longitude: -82.40
                          Station elevation: 13.0
                            Showalter index: 3.67
                               Lifted index: -0.03
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -0.18
                                SWEAT index: 215.80
                                    K index: 32.70
                         Cross totals index: 16.90
                      Vertical totals index: 22.90
                        Totals totals index: 39.80
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 121.57
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 157.73
                      Convective Inhibition: -90.38
             CINS using virtual temperature: -64.03
                           Equilibrum Level: 476.61
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 458.34
                   Level of Free Convection: 768.19
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 806.21
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 2.77
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 3.59
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 292.35
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 927.56
   Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL: 343.51
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 298.71
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 15.37
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5757.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 54.43

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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